SPCO242-25S2 (C) Semester Two 2025

Nutrition and Exercise Prescription

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 14 July 2025
End Date: Sunday, 9 November 2025
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 27 July 2025
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 28 September 2025

Description

This course provides students with a multidisciplinary perspective and appreciation of contemporary issues in weight management. Applied weight management strategies and techniques fundamental to strength and conditioning will be developed. The coursework is designed to assist students in gaining proficiency supporting and working with weight management clientele.

Learning Outcomes

University Graduate Attributes

This course will provide students with an opportunity to develop the Graduate Attributes specified below:

Critically competent in a core academic discipline of their award

Students know and can critically evaluate and, where applicable, apply this knowledge to topics/issues within their majoring subject.

Employable, innovative and enterprising

Students will develop key skills and attributes sought by employers that can be used in a range of applications.

Globally aware

Students will comprehend the influence of global conditions on their discipline and will be competent in engaging with global and multi-cultural contexts.

Prerequisites

Any 60 points at 100 level from any subject, or
any 15 points at 100 level from SPCO or SPRT.

Timetable 2025

Students must attend one activity from each section.

Lecture A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Monday 09:00 - 10:00 E5 Lecture Theatre
14 Jul - 24 Aug
8 Sep - 19 Oct
Tutorial A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Monday 13:00 - 15:00 Psychology - Sociology 210
11 Aug - 24 Aug
8 Sep - 14 Sep
02 Tuesday 10:00 - 12:00 Jack Erskine 101
11 Aug - 24 Aug
8 Sep - 14 Sep
03 Thursday 09:00 - 11:00 Psychology - Sociology 456
11 Aug - 24 Aug
8 Sep - 14 Sep
04 Friday 11:00 - 13:00 Ernest Rutherford 460
11 Aug - 24 Aug
8 Sep - 14 Sep
05 Tuesday 12:00 - 14:00 Psychology - Sociology 456
11 Aug - 24 Aug
8 Sep - 14 Sep
Workshop A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Tuesday 14:00 - 16:00 Warehouse 122 Strength and Conditioning Lab (15/7-5/8, 16/9-7/10)
Warehouse 120 Biomechanics Lab (15/7-5/8, 16/9-7/10)
14 Jul - 10 Aug
15 Sep - 12 Oct
02 Wednesday 11:00 - 13:00 Warehouse 122 Strength and Conditioning Lab (16/7-6/8, 17/9-8/10)
Warehouse 120 Biomechanics Lab (16/7-6/8, 17/9-8/10)
14 Jul - 10 Aug
15 Sep - 12 Oct
03 Wednesday 08:00 - 10:00 Warehouse 122 Strength and Conditioning Lab (16/7-6/8, 17/9-8/10)
Warehouse 120 Biomechanics Lab (16/7-6/8, 17/9-8/10)
14 Jul - 10 Aug
15 Sep - 12 Oct
04 Monday 12:00 - 14:00 Warehouse 122 Strength and Conditioning Lab (14/7-4/8, 15/9-6/10)
Warehouse 120 Biomechanics Lab (14/7-4/8, 15/9-6/10)
14 Jul - 10 Aug
15 Sep - 12 Oct
05 Friday 11:00 - 13:00 Warehouse 122 Strength and Conditioning Lab (18/7-8/8, 19/9-10/10)
Warehouse 120 Biomechanics Lab (18/7-8/8, 19/9-10/10)
14 Jul - 10 Aug
15 Sep - 12 Oct

Course Coordinator

Carl Petersen

Textbooks / Resources

Recommended Reading

Campbell B; NSCA’s Guide to Sport and Exercise Nutrition ; 2nd Edition; 2020.

Edited by Haff and Tiplett; Essentials of Strength Training and Conditioning ; 4th Edition; 2016.

McGuigan; Monitoring Training and Performance in Athletes ; 2017.

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $1,036.00

International fee $5,188.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

Minimum enrolments

This course will not be offered if fewer than 20 people apply to enrol.

For further information see School of Health Sciences .

All SPCO242 Occurrences

  • SPCO242-25S2 (C) Semester Two 2025
  • SPCO242-25S2 (D) Semester Two 2025 (Distance)